Paddy Coyne's New Irish Pub Scheduled to Open in Tacoma
By CATHOLINE BUTLER
Many readers will remember Pat Coyne from the days when he played Gaelic football with the Seattle Gaels. The Connemara native is too busy now to play football, although he does bring in the Gaelic games live via satellite to Paddy Coyne's Irish Pub in Seattle.
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PAT COYNE (owner of Pat Coyne's Irish Pub) is shown here with Brandi Hageman and Joe Lynch
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Pat was the driving force who established both the Irish Emigrant Pub and Paddy Coyne's Irish Pub. On my recent visit to Seattle, I stopped in to visit Pat. I was surprised to learn that he has recently sold the Irish Emigrant and he is currently working on opening a new Paddy Coyne's in Tacoma, Washington.
He said, "I just sold the Irish Emigrant last month. It's still going to be the Irish Emigrant, still run the same way with the same staff, the same food, and the same entertainment. There will still be an Irish music session on Wednesday night and it will remain an Irish pub."
The new Paddy Coyne's Pub will open in either September or October in Tacoma and Pat said, "It will be very similar to the Seattle location, maybe a little larger. Same type of decor, same layout, food menu and design. It will have outdoor seating at the front, not actually a patio, just outside. We will also have Irish music sessions in Tacoma on Sundays, just the same as we have here in Seattle."
Pat laughed when he told me, "I opened the Irish Emigrant in 1999 and back then I didn't have any grey hair." Pat Coyne, hasn't had the time to get back to Connemara to visit his parents for sometime, but he's planning a trip this summer.
"I'm hoping to go back to Connemara this July or August, but I keep in touch regularly with them by phone. Our conversations are always in Irish because that's the language they still speak there. That's what they were born and raised with and they'll never lose it and I'll never lose it."
Stay tuned to The Celtic Connection for more information about Paddy Coyne's new pub in Tacoma.
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